Transcript Intermodal News ReportIntermodal

Jason Hilsenbeck
LoadMatch & Drayage.com
President – Founder
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Unit Count
Intermodal 53’ Container Fleets - United States (dry, for railroad)
73,300
28,400
17,500
17,200
9150
5000
1850
1000
1000
800
600
475
400
300
125
100
20
16
157,236
JBHU - JB Hunt (+7300 from last year; doesn't include 200 reefer cntrs)
HGIU, HGWU, UPHU, NHUU, NHWU, HUNU - Hub Group (+3400 from last year)
PACU - Pacer (-500 from last year)
SNLU - Schneider (+3,200 from last year)
SWRU - Swift (+450 from last year)
UPSU - UPS (unchanged)
FDXU, FEDU - FedEx Freight, FedEx Ground (1750 FDXU, 100 FEDU)
APDU - APL Logistics (unchanged)
RBTU - CH Robinson (unchanged)
UTLU - Universal Logistics (unchanged, some leased to FedEx)
MEQU - Milestone (unchanged)(pool equipment, currently all under lease)
CFQU - COFC Logistics (-25 from last year, adding 300 this year, from Marten fleet)
MTLU - Marten (ending, 300 will be going to COFC)
MLHU - Matson Logistics (+100 from last year)
DRTU - Dart (-225 from last year)
WARU - White Arrow (+35 from last year)
AMHU - American Highway (unchanged)
WERU - Werner (pilot program started 2014)
total managed by United States, Motor Carrier & 3PL
(141,550 in 2014)
+15,686 since last year
data as of Feb 1, 2015 - researched by Jason Hilsenbeck, owner of
Unit Count
38,800
35,000
4000
900
800
79,500
Intermodal 53’ Container Fleets - United States (dry, for railroad)
EMHU - UP/NS/CP (+6800 from last year)
UMAX - UP/CSX (+4000 from last year)
CSXU - CSX (unchanged)
TMXU - KCS/NS (unchanged)
XFEU - Florida East Coast (+400 from last year)
total managed by United States, Railroad
(68,300 in 2014)
+11,200 since last year
157,236 total managed by United States, Motor Carrier & 3PL
236,736 grand total managed by United States, Railroad+Motor Carrier
& 3PL (209,850)
+26,886 since last year +12.8% increase in total fleet size
Unit Count
Intermodal 53’ Container Fleets – Canada (dry, for railroad)
8250 CNRU - Canadian National (unchanged, includes Dry and Heated, doesn't include reefer boxes)
5450 CPPU - Canadian Pacific (+350 includes Dry and Heated, doesn't include reefer boxes)
13,700 total managed by Canada, Railroad
around 3000 x 53’ containers made for ocean vessels (Trailer Bridge, Crowley,
Sea Star, Alaskan Marine, Totem)
data as of Feb 1, 2015 - researched by Jason Hilsenbeck, owner of
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53’ Intermodal Flat Rack fleet expanding:
 Boyd Brothers
 Prime Inc
 Contrans
 All Decks Intermodal
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Rail Decks and Fontaine are manufacturers
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Cold Train goes out of business in Aug ‘14
Infinity Transportation (IT) starts in Nov ‘14
with 200 x 53’ reefer service Pacific northwest
to the country's midwest and east coast
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Tiger Cool Express which started spring ’14
added 35 more containers, now has 234
refrigerated containers (leased from Quest
Capital Group)
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BNSF – Fresno, CA ramp closes
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5/2014 Chicago based Coyote Logistics bought
Access America
8/2014 DCLI (Direct ChassisLink Inc) acquired
REZ-1
1/2015 Radiant Logistics acquired Wheels Group
(Wheels bought Clipper Express in 2006)
Other notables:
- Odyssey Logistics acquired ADS Logistics in Chesteron, IN
(Odyssey owns Interdom Partners)
- Chicago based Echo Global acquired Comcar Logistics in FL
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2/2014 – Dachser USA expands into new
warehouse in Elk Grove Village
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1/2015 – CEVA Logistics expands again in Elk
Grove Village, now four facilities totaling 115
dock doors with 650,000 sq. ft.
Did you know? People in downtown Chicago in or
near Loop working at:
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CH Robinson / downtown …around 1000
Coyote / downtown …1000
Echo Global / downtown …1000
XPO Logistics (120), Total Quality Logistics,
Arrowstream, Load Delivered
* estimate 4500 people working at 3PL’s
downtown
Offices closed in Chicago in 2014:
 China Shipping moved to Atlanta
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COSCO moved to Houston
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OOCL moved to Salt Lake City
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Evergreen moved to Dallas
Hanjin moved to Phoenix
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(jobs were customer service/billing/doc etc, most kept local sales office)
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10/2014 – Celadon acquired A&S Services
Group (A&S Kinard does truckload and drayage in
NY/NJ,BAL,NFK,CHS, SAV,ATL, JAX,WHN,MIA,CHI)
* ALSO bought Houg Special Services in Denver
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11/2014 – Central States Trucking acquired
Multi-Modal Trucking in Indianapolis
(Forward Air bought Central States in January 2014)
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12/2014 – SalSon acquired Big Daddy
Drayage (NY/NJ,NOR,SAV,JAX,HOU,LA/LB)
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1/2014 – Comtrak is no more, officially
rebranded to “Hub Group Trucking”
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OTR trucking companies now offering
dedicated container drayage:
Hill Bros. (MSP,OMA,KAN,DFW)
NEMF (port NY/NJ)
(big OTR already providing drayage as stand-alone service:
Old Dominion, Schneider National Intermodal Services,
Knight Port Services, Averitt Express, Werner)
Base
Rate
Total
Profit
FSC Invoiced Margin
$200 35% $270
$200 25% $250
$200 15% $230
20%
20%
20%
Profit
Moves per
Month
Profit per
Month
$54
$50
$46
1000
1000
1000
$54,000
$50,000
$46,000
Going from $54,000 to $46,000 is reduction of 17.39%
That means your costs need to decline at least 17.39% to maintain
same the profit margin you are used to.
Be sure to review your current fuel costs and owner-operator pay
and compare to your reduction in receivables amounts. Adjust
base rate if necessary.
Elwood's 2,500-acre industrial park is essentially
built out.
 At full capacity, the Joliet intermodal will total about
3,500 acres and 20 million square feet of building
space (Joliet industrial park is halfway built out)
 latest include 406,000 sq ft distribution facility for
Neovia Logistics Services
 four-acre container yard for Bridge Terminal
Transport adjacent to the Union Pacific
Intermodal Yard
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(per Dec 4 2014 The Herald-News)
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The gates at Walter Strawn Drive railroad
crossing near the BNSF-Elwood intermodal
were broken nearly 50 times in 2013.
Originally permitted for up to 1800 trucks per
day, current volume is 8,000 trucks per day.
Walter Strawn Drive crosses Union Pacific
tracks which Amtrak uses, those tracks are
designated high speed rail, this year those
passenger trains will be going even faster
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There are overweight grain permits and
overweight non-grain permits (divisible loads)
Need 3 permits:
 State of Illinois overweight permit
 Will County overweight permit
 Village of Elwood overweight permit
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Will county allows grain overweight, but
doesn’t allow non-grain overweight.
Will county controls Arsenal Road, not the State
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Why did Village of Elwood even offer nongrain overweight permits creating all the
truck traffic on Walter Strawn?
“I want to assure Elwood residents that overweight trucks will not be
tolerated on any village roadway. Walter Strawn was the only Route 53
access for overweight trucks and was so heavily traveled for that
reason. The only remaining overweight route is through Interstate 55.
The new interchange at Arsenal Road was designed to accommodate
these trucks.” William Offerman, Village President January 2015
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False statement, no option to legally dray non-grain
overweight containers out of BNSF-Elwood because
Will County doesn’t permit divisible loads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3mY7AEa1G8
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Federal tax on gas was last raised in 1993
 18.4 cents per gallon and not indexed to inflation
 with dramatic decrease in fuel prices, now is the
time to invest in our roadways!
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80,000 lbs. United States gross limit (started 1981)
97,000 lbs. Europe limit (44 tons)
103,000 lbs. Canada average limit (46.5 tons)
(western province of Alberta, Canada: 140,000 lbs./63,500 kilograms)
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107,000 lbs. Mexico limit (48.5 tons)
Jason Hilsenbeck
President
LoadMatch & Drayage.com
Naperville, IL
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